by May 22, 2013
In the voice of the customer world it is our role as market
researchers to listen and follow through on what the customers are
saying. Quite often this puts us in the position of ‘middle men’
between the customers and internal groups (e.g. sales, marketing,
finance, customer service, etc.)...read more
by May 16, 2013
“Welcome to the show!” so the ringmaster said. We could also say
welcome to the survey, and that would be the function of the
welcome page in the Cvent online survey platform. The platform
allows the researcher to create not only an invitation, but also a
welcome and a thank you page. How...read more
by May 15, 2013
With the new Web Survey release in April, we added dynamic scoring.
Through the use of chapters (grouped questions with common
attributes), survey authors can dynamically score respondent’s
answers. In most cases, dynamic scoring can be used for knowledge
based testing at schools and universities as...read more
by May 14, 2013
Greg's most recent post, Get Back to the Trenches, reminded me of a
session I attended at the recent Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit.
Where Ken Chow, CMO at LogiAnalytics, Tom Kohn, Former EVP of
Digital at Cygnus Business Media, Bob London, Founder &
President of London Ink, and Bob Ragsdale, VP of...read more
by May 10, 2013
Ok so just what is a Likert scale anyway? If you have been in
market research, or any form of survey research, for any length of
time you have no doubt come across the ubiquitous Likert scale and
its strongly agree to strongly disagree framework. In the years I
have been involved in constructing...read more
by May 8, 2013
Some experts believe that digital technology is going to be the
next big thing in improving customer experience (CX). Companies are
using the latest technology to cater to their customers while
helping out their marketing department at the same time. In an
Oracle survey of over 1300 senior execs,...read more
by May 6, 2013
What makes a community? Well certainly it is a collection of unique
individuals who call a single place home. It is also a place where
businesses hang their shingle. Collectively the residents and
businesses work together and if all goes well the community can
thrive. However, there is something...read more
by May 1, 2013
As someone involved in B2B market research I am intimately aware of
the fact that survey response is a function of the questions we ask
and the overall length of the survey. Other factors affecting
response, both response percentage and the quality of the data,
include the engagement level of the...read more
by April 26, 2013
Online survey platforms, such as Cvent, offer the user a wide
variety of tools designed to maximize the user experience. After
all isn’t that what we are looking for…an engaged respondent that
provides truthful and enlightened responses? With that said it
amazes me how many surveys go out that do...read more
by April 25, 2013
A study recently conducted by the CMO Council and SAS brought up an
interesting question…Who owns the customer? The overall thrust of
the study was to highlight the gaps and opportunities for CMOs to
partner with their colleague in arms the CIO. In this day of ever
increasing data it is critical for...read more
